Shakespeare Characters Questions and Answers

Here, we have discussed Shakespeare Characters Questions and Answers. Those candidates who are preparing for English Literature for TGT, PGT and NET-JRF, can solve these question for practice.

1 . Holoferness is a schoolmaster in one of Shakespeare’s plays. Which play?

a. Hamlet

b. Macbeth

c. Midsummer Night’s Dream

d. Love’s Labour’s Lost

Ans. d – Love’s Labour’s Lost

2. Who is Sycorax in The Tempest?

a. Father of Caliban

b. Goddess of Caliban

c. Mother of Caliban

d. Sister of Caliban

Ans. c. – Mother of Caliban

3. Baptista is the wife of:

a. Gonzalo

b. Othello

c. Hamlet

d. Gonzago

Ans. d. – Gonzago

4. Oscric appears in:

a. The Tempest

b. Otheloo

c. King Henry IV Part I

d. Hamlet

Ans. d. – Hamlet

5. Orisino in Twelfth Night is the Duke of:

a. Mesopotamia

b. Macdonia

c. Malta

d. Illyria

Ans. d. – Illyria

6. Cesario is the name adopted by a character in disguise. Identify him or her.

a. Celia

b. Cleopatra

c. Rosalind

d. Viola

Ans. d. – Viola

7. Who is the king of fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

a. Oberon

b. Ulysses

c. Mars

d. None of these

Ans. a. – Oberon

8. Fulvia is the wife of

a. Caesar

b. Octavius Caesar

c. Brutus

d. Antony

Ans. d. – Antony

9. Bastard appears in:

a. King John

b. Henry IV

c. Twelfth Night

d. None of these

Ans. a. – King John

10. Dogberry and Verges, the two foolish officers appear in:

a. Twelfth Night

b. Richard III

c. Richard II

d. Much Ado About Nothing

Ans. d. – Much ado About Nothing

11. Fortinbras in Hamlet is:

(a) Prince of Denmark (b) Prince of Norway

(e) Prince of Sweden

Ans. b. – Prince of Norway

12. In which of the following plays does Hippolyta appear?

(a) Measure for Measure

(b) The Taming of the Shrew

(d) As You Like It

Ans. c. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

13. Who is Trinculo in the play the Tempest?

(a) King’s Butler (b) King’s Jester

(d) King’s Slave

(e) King’s Brother

Ans. b. – King’s Jester

14. Which play of Shakespeare has a character named Banquo?

(a) King Lear

(b) Romeo and Juliet

(d) Hamlet

Ans. c. – Macbeth

15. Which of the following characters does not belong to famous Shakespearean tragedy, Hamlet?

(a) Ophelia

(b) Claudius

(d) Cassio

Ans. d. – Cassio

16. ‘Desdemona’, a famous Shakespearean character, belongs to which of the following plays?

(a) King Lear

(b) Hamlet

(d) Twelfth Night

Ans. c. – Othello

17. Rosalind in Shakespeare’s As You Like It disguises herself as :

(a) Aliena

(b) Silvius

(d) Jacques

Ans. c. – Ganymede

18. In the play The Tempest, Prospero is the Duke of

(a) Milan

(b) Kent

(d) Naples

Ans. a. – Milan

19. ……….is the Queen of Denmark and mother of Prince Hamlet.

(a) Portia

(b) Rosalind

(d) Ophelia

Ans. c. – Gertrude

20. ‘Rosalind’ the central female character, appears in which of the following Shakespearean plays?

(a) As you Like It

(b) Cymbeline

(d) Romeo and Juliet

Ans. a. – As You Like It

21. William Shakespeare, is found in more than one of plays.

(a) Ariel

(b) Sir John Falstaff

(d) Antonio

Ans. b. – Sir John Falstaff

22. Which of the Shakespeare’s play had the character, Robin Goodfellow?

(a) Romeo and Juliet

(b) Taming of the Shrew

(d) A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Ans. d. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

23. The armor bearer to Macbeth:

(a) Siward

(b) Angus

(d) Seyton

Ans. d. – Sayton

24. Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek are famous characters in-

(a) Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”

(b) Shakespeare’s “Measure”

(d) Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”

Ans. d. – Twelfth Night

25. Where was Hamlet studying when he was summoned to Denmark on the death of his father?

(a) France

(b) Athens

(d) England

Ans. c. – Germany

26. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth who is Ross referring to when he uses the description “Bellona’s Bridegroom”?

(a) Banquo

(b) Macbeth

(d) Fleance

Ans. c. – Macbeth

27. Who is it in As You Like It that tutors Orlando how to be a better lover?

(a) Phoebe

(b) Ganymede

(d) Aliena

Ans. b. – Ganymede

28. Who suffers from ‘self love’ in Twelfth Night?

(a) Malvolio

(b) Sir Toby Belch

(d) Olivia

Ans. a. – Malvalio

29. Falstaff is a character in Shakespeare’s

(a) Henry I

(b) Measure for Measure

(d) Henry IV

Ans. d. – Henry IV

30. Who is the first character to die in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet?

(a) Claudius

(b) Polonius

(d) Gertrude

Ans. b. – Polonius

32. In ‘The Tempest’, Prospero frees Ariel from the witch Sycorax but has enslaved
(a) Stephano
(b) Boatswain
(c) Trinculo
(d) Caliban

Ans. d. – Caliban

33. With whom does Oliver fall in love in “As You Like It”?
(a) Roslind
(b) Phoebe
(c) Audrey
(d) Aliena

Ans. d. – Aliena

34. Who are Malcolm and Donalbain in this play?
(a) King Duncan’s sons (b) Friends of Macbeth
(c) Banquo’s sons
(d) Macduff’s brothers

Ans. a. – King Duncan’s Sons

35. Who plans to kill Banquo and his son?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Macduff
(c) Malcolm
(d) Ross

Ans. a. – Macbeth

36. Rosalind is the daughter of Duke Senior. Name Celia’s father.
(a) Oliver
(b) Jaques
(c) Orlando
(d) Frederick

Ans. d. – Frederick

37. Shylock is a character in Shakespeare’s……:
(a) Twelfth Night
(b) As you like It
(c) Merchant of Venice
(d) Comedy of Errors

Ans. c. – Merchant of Venice

38. Hermia is a character in Shakespeare’s –
(a) Midsummer Night’s Dream
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) Two Gentlemen of Verona
(d) Merry Wives of Windsor

Ans. a. – Midsummer Night’s Dream

39. Who is known as the “melancholy man” in As You Like It?
(a) Touchstone
(b) Silvious
(c) Jaques
(d) Corin

Ans. c. – Jaques

40. Fortinbras is a character in Shakespeare’s
(a) King Lear
(b) Othello
(c) Hamlet
(d) Julius Ceasar

Ans. c. – Hamlet

41. Who is Hamlet’s beloved in Hamlet?
(a) Olivia
(b) Portia
(c) Ophelia
(d) Cordelia

Ans. c. – Ophelia

42. In which play of Shakespeare does Adam appear?
(a) Merry Wives of Windsor
(b) As You Like It
(c) Twelfth Night
(d) Tempest

Ans. b. – As You Like It

43. In which Shakespearean play does Curan appear?
(a) Othello
(b) Macbeth
(c) King Lear
(d) Hamlet

Ans. c. – King Lear (Curan is the courtier)

44. Who is the heroine in Shakespeare’s The Tempest’?
(a) Portia
(b) Nerissa
(c) Desdemona
(d) Miranda

Ans. d. – Miranda, Prospero’s Daughter

45. Macbeth sees the ghost of:
(a) Banquo
(b) lago
(c) Duncan
(d) Hamlet

Ans. a. – Banquo

46. Who has been termed as motiveless malignity?
(a) Macbeth
(b) lago
(c) Othello
(d) Polonius

Ans. b. – Iago

47. Caliban-
(a) is the hero of the play The Tempest
(b) married Prospero’s daughter in The Tempest
(c) killed Prospero in The Tempest
(d) is the villain in the Tempest

Ans. d. – is the villain in The Tempest

48. Which play of Shakespeare portrays the character of Malvolio?
(a) Love’s Labour’s Lost (b) Twelfth Night
(c) Hamlet
(d) As you Like it

Ans. b. – Twelfth Night

49. One of the characters of Shakespeare has been called the fourth witch. She is
(a) Ophelia
(b) Lady Macbeth
(d) Juliet
(c) Emilia

Ans. b. – Lady Macbeth

50. Who is the heroine in Shakespeare’s The Tempest?
(a) Viola
(b) Portia
(c) Miranda
(d) Beatrice

Ans. c. – Miranda

51. In which play of Shakespeare do the characters ‘Voltemand’ and ‘Cornelius’ appear?
(a) The Merchant of Venice
(b) Hamlet
(c) Much Ado About Nothing
(d) Macbeth

Ans. b. – Hamlet

52. Portia is the heroine of the play –
(a) Hamlet
(b) The Merry Wives of Windsor
(c) The Tempest
(d) The Merchant of Venice

Ans. d. – Merchant of Venice

53. Sir Toby Belch is a character in Shakespeare’s
(a) Hamlet
(b) Twelfth Night
(d) Othello
(c) Macbeth

Ans. b. – Twelfth Night

54. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth who was “untimely ripped” from his mother’s womb?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Duncan
(c) Macduff
(d) Malcolm

Ans. c. – Macduff

55. The twin brother of Viola in Twelfth Night is
(a) Sebastian
(b) Cesario
(c) Orsino
(d) Antonio

Ans. a. – Sebastian

56. Who is Laertes in the play Hamlet?
(a) Brother of Ophelia
(b) Rival of Hamlet
(c) Son of Claudius
(d) Friend of Hamlet

Ans. a. – Brother of Ophelia

57. In Shakespeare’s Tempest, who is Sebastian’s brother?
(a) Antonio
(b) Ferdinand
(c) Alonso
(d) Gorizalo

Ans. c. – Alonso

58. Who is King Lear’s second daughter’s husband?
(a) Duke of Cornwall (b) Earl of Kent
(c) Duke of Burgundy (d) Duke of Albany

Ans. a. – Duke of Cornwall

59. Who is the daughter of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice?

(a) Portia
(b) Nerissa
(c) Balthezar
(d) Jessica

Ans. d. – Jessica

60. Thaisa is a character in Shakespeare’s

(a) Titus Andronicus

(b) Hamlet

(d) Pericles

Ans. d. – Pericles

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